Downtown Precinct Boundaries Changing for Upcoming Election

Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services has made a precinct line change effective for 2016 elections and beyond affecting voters living in Ward-Precincts 3-8 and 3-12.  Moving the dividing line between the two precincts from Hennepin Avenue to Washington Avenue allows both polls to lie within the boundaries of the precincts and also should lead to a more equitable divide of registered voters between the two precincts, with consideration of some new, larger, housing projects in the downtown core.  Affected registered voters will receive a postcard notification of their polling place change.